Isn Hamas just fighting against the Israeli occupation?
The Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip is not under Israeli occupation. Israel fully redeployed from the Gaza Strip in August 2005, uprooting Israeli 8,000 settlers from their homes and removing its military installations. Israel took this step in order to improve quality of life and in the hope that the Palestinians would govern Gaza responsibly and peacefully. Three and a half years later, the Hamas leadership has turned Gaza into an armed camp and a launching pad for terrorism and extremism targeting Israeli civilians. Moreover, Hamas’ openly declared strategy does not focus on the West Bank or Gaza Strip, but calls for the complete eradication of the State of Israel. Its ultimate objective is the establishment of an Islamic Palestinian state ruled by Islamic theocratic law in place of the State of Israel. The Hamas covenant, issued in 1988, is replete with anti-Semitism, and echoes the notorious Protocols of the Elders of Zion which charges Jews with an international conspiracy to gain co
